{"id":1464029,"date":"2026-11-11T15:48:42","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T13:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/italy-is-running-out-of-air-defense-missiles-how-will-this-affect-aid-to-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T15:48:42","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T13:48:42","slug":"italy-is-running-out-of-air-defense-missiles-how-will-this-affect-aid-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/italy-is-running-out-of-air-defense-missiles-how-will-this-affect-aid-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy is running out of air defense missiles: how will this affect aid to Ukraine?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Italy may temporarily stop supplying Ukraine with Aster missiles for SAMP\/T anti-aircraft missile systems. The reason is the reduction of its own stocks, which the country cannot yet quickly replenish.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is reported by<\/a> the Italian agency ANSA.<\/p>\n

According to the publication, the next package of military aid to Ukraine may include components to maintain the operation of the SAMP\/T complexes previously transferred by Italy and France. At the same time, the supply of new Aster missiles remains in question due to their shortage.<\/p>\n

Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto declined to reveal what exactly would be included in the new package. Like previous ones, its contents will be kept secret.<\/p>\n

One of the main problems is the limited capabilities of the defense industry. Italian manufacturers cannot quickly increase the production of missiles to simultaneously replenish their own stocks and meet Ukraine’s needs.<\/p>\n

Previously, Crosetto also admitted that Rome cannot satisfy all of Kyiv’s requests, especially regarding air defense systems.<\/p>\n

Despite this, Italy has no plans to stop supporting Ukraine. According to ANSA, a significant part of the next package could be generators and equipment for repairing energy facilities damaged by Russian strikes.<\/p>\n

Italy is preparing such assistance against the backdrop of Russia’s constant attacks on Ukrainian energy and the risk of heating disruptions in winter.<\/p>\n

Ukraine continues to ask allies for additional air defense systems and missiles, but limited supplies and slow production rates are making it increasingly difficult for partners to meet these needs.<\/p>\n

Separately, ANSA reports on the increase in the cost of the Italian F-35 fighter jet procurement program. While in 2009 it was estimated at 13.5 billion euros, now the amount has increased to 20.8 billion euros. At the same time, Italy plans to purchase 115 aircraft instead of the initial 131.<\/p>\n

The country’s Ministry of Defense explains the price increase by new security requirements, weapons modernization, inflation, and exchange rate fluctuations.<\/p>\n

The relevant document has already been submitted to parliament. The relevant committees are to consider it by December 13.<\/p>\n

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Italy may temporarily stop supplying Ukraine with Aster missiles for SAMP\/T anti-aircraft missile systems. The reason is the reduction of its own stocks, which the country cannot yet quickly replenish. This is reported by the Italian agency ANSA. According to the publication, the next package of military aid to Ukraine may include components to maintain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":917622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1464029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1464029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1464029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1464029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}